HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 servers

there is no longer a 48-hour battery life limitation and the data will be posted to the disk drive on the

next power up.

The FBWC DDR2 mini-DIMM cache module is specifically designed for the present generation of

PCIe2.0, SAS-based Smart Array controllers based on the PMC PM8011 SAS SRC 8x6G RAID on a

chip (RoC). The primary FBWC components consist of the cache module, Super-caps with integrated

charger, and RoC located on the system board.

At the time of this writing, the FBWC cache is supported on the Smart Array P410, P410i, P411,

P212, P812, and P712m.

For more information on the flash-backed write cache, see the “HP Smart Array Controller technology

brief” at

http://

h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00687518/c00687518.pdf.

Zero Memory RAID

Using Ze

ro Memory RAID (ZMR), administrators can create a RAID 0-1 configuration without using

any additional memory. Smart Array P410, P411, and P212 controllers include ZMR. The P212

controller does not include ZMR on the external connector. ZMR supports up to eight drives in Zero

Memory Mode, or seven drives and one tape drive. ZMR mode does not support Modular Smart

Array (MSA) products. ZMR does not include any caching. All systems can be upgraded to a BBWC

or FBWC memory module that can significantly increase performance.

NOTE:

Smart Array Advanced Pack is not available on Zero Memory configurations.

Software RAID

HP has developed a software RAID solution based on the Smart Array firmware. The Smart Array

B110i SATA Software RAID supports the Array Configuration Utility (ACU), ACU-CLI (command line

interface), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agents, and Web-Based Enterprise

Management (WBEM) providers.

Supported on the ProLiant DL160, DL170h, DL180, and ML150 G6 servers, the B110i features an

OS-specific driver from HP that uses the embedded ICH10R controller. It can utilize RAID 0, 1, and

1+0 and supports a maximum of two logical drives. The B110i supports up to four 1.5Gb or 3Gb

SATA drives. Because it is based on the Smart Array firmware, you can migrate drives to a hardware-

based Smart Array controller in a seamless procedure that maintains the user data and RAID

configuration.

The Smart Array B110i also includes the following:

 Support for up to six 3GB SATA drives on the DL170h G6

 Support for solid state disks

 LED support

 SATA drive firmware flashing (offline)

Hot Plug technology

The HP Smart Array B110i SATA Raid Hot Plug Advance Pack provides hot-plug RAID support for the

embedded SATA controller. The Hot Plug Advance Pack is available on the DL160, DL180, and

DL170h G6 servers as a license key on cold plug and hot plug models. The existing B110i Raid 0, 1,